Wheel.



Nasfzaee.

f siand Queenscounty, ew"York, hav e jmvente cer-tain new and useful-Improvementsin Wheels, of which the following is -a specification, reference-being had to-the accompannying drawings, forming part of tiiesame.'

'Figure 1 1s a side elevation of an automobile-wheel'.embodying my invention. 1 `Fi'g .2 i

" af---Jcfentral vertical longitudinal,` sectional vieuiosaid wheel. Fig. Sis across-sectional view ofthe tire, the felly, and thesupporting cushionfspring, showing `s il'soa portion of the spoke. Fig.4 4 is a similar view of the tire,

Actc., :but showing a modiied form of socketv for the supportingcushion. Fig-5 is a side elevation, with portions broken away, ofthe tire. Fig.` 6 is a side elevation of-the support- ,ing-springf-and lock. v

The invention relates to wheels, and par-v ticularlyy towheels adapted to be used on au tomobiles and it consists in a series of lsprings sfcated'inthe felly and beneath the tire' y Italso consists in a-resilien't butdurable tire andl inthe combinations .hereinafterde scribed and claimed,

' :The peculiarities of automobile. construe;

i tion haveoccasioneda demand vfor'p'eculiar Wheels-wheels Which'in themselves constitute springs `or cushions torelievethe machine, as well as the riderjof much. ofthe'jar occasionedby forcing such hea'v'y bodies over,

ordinary roads, which are b no means so smooth as may be desired; neui'natic -tl'res have been largely used for meeting thelfde` mand thusarising, but they are liable to 4*many objections. They are very expensive '\`4 o`and so liable to rupture that any one Aabout ,of ahub 'I-I, spokes S, felly F, tire T, a1'1f1.

to' travel any considerable distance considers 1t necessary to carry one or more extra. tires;

being uite well assured that occasion fortheir 'use Wiil'arise. Then, too, they are'dangeros, since when a tire bursts, as it' often does, the chafleur veryoften loses control of themachine, with resulting dama e of variouskinds and' degrees. have devised the wheel herein show'n and described, in which I combine a. preferably resilient tire with a series of underlying sp'ings e Jar vso located and arranged as to cushlon t and so constructed as to be both durable and economical. 1 i

In the drawings, W is the wheel, composed specincation- 'of Letters Patent. 'Applicatioaliled Julyf2 9.190 5 ,Sarial No. 271.733.

To avoid t ese diiiiculties, I.

WHEEL- springs or lcushions (l. Ido notconne myself to the exact form or dimensions shown,

' as almost anyform of Wheel may be eruipped withfthe devices constituting it an i ustrattlon of'my device.

Patented June 19, 1906.

The fellyFis provided-With a series of sock- 'ets s, some of which extend entirely through it,

and others of winch extend only part Way through. .Thes'e sockets are preferably circular. in cross-section and sunk vertically into the felly. They may be placed as .closely together als desired. Ind eed, a series of supporting-springs so closely associated as to practica ly make acontinuous line on the peripheral face ofthe felly would also be within the field of my invention. I n the sockets s, if, as shown,

I seat a -series ofsup orting-spring--cushions C, preferably of soli rubber, cylindrical in form, surrounded by spiral springs'of steel. They are soL proportioned as to extend up above, the upper edges ofthe sockets, and in them Ilocate a serrated plate Z,'locking'th e` tire in place. Fig, 3these cushions are. shown yas being supported by an underlying portion of the felly ,but in Fig. 4 there is a separate metal 'thirnble t seated in the socket, its `inner lian es extending'over-a portion of the peripheral face of the felly to old it in place, and this thlmble the cushion is seated. 0f course the socketsmay all be of eitlfer variety shown or of any other variety 'suitable for holding the cushions.

The l,tire I prefer to use is acontinuous'spi-A 4 -rallyfwound steel lwire w,- with a core` R, of

rope or other material, vwhich though surficiently resilient to yield somewhat whenA pressure is applied is still so tenacious of. its own form as tojiirmly support its yinclosing Wire.l The felly is so grooved as to receive the cushions.m If the tire as not suicient elasticity topermititsi beingsprung on over the rejecting edge of the felly, that may be ma e in two parts, divided, asindicated-at the line d in Fig 3, the left-hand part or ring bein held tothe other part by bolts or clips. Wth that form the ring part of the felly can be-readily removed, the tire placed, and the ring part replaced, when the tire will be'therel'after firmly eld in position. As a wheel'thlis constructed revolves' upon its axle the bearing art of the tire, yielding to some extent itsel is continuously sup orted on twoor more of the. cushions, Whic thils take up the ,95 and hold the tire in position upon its periphery and upon or over the rejecting ends of IOC IIO

objectional j'ar and cause the supportedvero sufficient noise to announce their coming.

They will not flatten, therefore econoinize power, and glass andnails cannot destroy them.

What I claim as my invention, and desire. to

x5 secure by Letters Patent, is-.

, l. A Wheel provided with a series of cushion-springs located upon the felly and surrounded by. a tire composed of a spirally- Wound metal Wire, and a locking device, all

2o combined, substantially as set forth; Whereby the tire Will be supported upon the springs and prevented from turning about the wheel.

2. A Wheel provided with a series of cushion-springs located upon the felly and sur- 25 rounded by a tire composed of a spirally- Wound metal Wire inclosing a resilient sul)- stance, and a locking device, all combined substantially as set forth g whereby the tire will be supported upon the springs and prevented from turning about thel wheel.

3. A wheel provided with a serics'of cushion-springs located upon the lelly and surrounded by a tire composed of a spirally- Wound metal wire inelosing a solid but resilient substance, all subst'zantially as set forth.

LL. A wheel provided with a felly with a.

circumferentiallygrooved face and having,

sockets extending inwardly from its outer face, cushion-springs composed of ai rubber core and aninclosingr spiral metal springsea.-

ed in said sockets and extending outward beyond the 'face oll the telly, and a tire composed of a spirally-wound wire with a core. of fiber, said tire beingr mounted in the groove ol" the fellbv and bearing upon the exposed end of said cushions, all substantially as set` l'ortll. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepreseuee ol" two subscribing;a witnesses7 this 22d day of' July, 1005.

BIA'VIIIEWY DIXON. Witnesses:

A. G. N. VERMILYN, ll'. 1l). lhniiomc. 

